Where Have All The Ranters Gone?

[The Pooka 26]

Hey Eddy.

 

As much as I value your comments, from what I've read here you seem quite intelligent (are you German??)

I believe your thoughts are wasted on these morons.

 

Complete and utter ubermenchen. They sound as though they are the congealed offerings at the bottom of an abortion bucket....

He may be German but you ain't. Ubermenschen = supermen.

 

 

Did you mean untermenschen?

[Tuber Mirum 125]

Hey Eddy.

 

As much as I value your comments, from what I've read here you seem quite intelligent (are you German??)

I believe your thoughts are wasted on these morons.

 

Complete and utter ubermenchen. They sound as though they are the congealed offerings at the bottom of an abortion bucket....

He may be German but you ain't. Ubermenschen = supermen.

 

 

Did you mean untermenschen?

It's Übermenschen.

 

OK?

 

If you don't have an "Ü" on your keyboard, then write "Ue"

 

This ain't Discworld here, you know!

 

PS: Untermensch is a nasty Nazi expression.

[Tempus Fugit 214]

PS: Untermensch is a nasty Nazi expression.

Is there such a thing as a nice Nazi expression?

[CarolAnn 926]

Hey Eddy.

 

As much as I value your comments, from what I've read here you seem quite intelligent (are you German??)

I believe your thoughts are wasted on these morons.

 

Complete and utter ubermenchen. They sound as though they are the congealed offerings at the bottom of an abortion bucket....

He may be German but you ain't. Ubermenschen = supermen.

 

 

Did you mean untermenschen?

It's Übermenschen.

 

OK?

 

If you don't have an "Ü" on your keyboard, then write "Ue"

 

This ain't Discworld here, you know!

 

PS: Untermensch is a nasty Nazi expression.

 

 

I don't want to be a superman. I don't have the equipment.

[The Pooka 26]

Hey Eddy.

 

As much as I value your comments, from what I've read here you seem quite intelligent (are you German??)

I believe your thoughts are wasted on these morons.

 

Complete and utter ubermenchen. They sound as though they are the congealed offerings at the bottom of an abortion bucket....

He may be German but you ain't. Ubermenschen = supermen.

 

 

Did you mean untermenschen?

It's Übermenschen.

 

OK?

 

If you don't have an "Ü" on your keyboard, then write "Ue"

 

This ain't Discworld here, you know!

 

PS: Untermensch is a nasty Nazi expression.

Umlaut or not, one of us is missing the point. This still doesn't explain why he thought uberuebermenschen was an insult.

 

PS if we are nit-picking to the point of worrying over missing umlauts, your exclamation mark is superfluous. Even more so when one takes into account the touching use of an expressive Smilie.

[Eddy 0]

Bummer.

 

Just as I thought this was indeed a forum that would spicen up my thoughts on certain matters, something like this happens.

 

 

Apollo: I am not German, nor do I see the point in raising nationality as an issue.

 

Quite dissapointing as well, I must admit, to see that Apollo's provocative post immediatelyt gets three replies, whereas my posts barely got any retort initially.

 

 

But perhaps that's just my attention seeking ego kicking in...

[Star Crossed 33]

Bummer.

 

Just as I thought this was indeed a forum that would spicen up my thoughts on certain matters, something like this happens.

 

Apollo: I am not German, nor do I see the point in raising nationality as an issue.

 

Quite dissapointing as well, I must admit, to see that Apollo's provocative post immediatelyt gets three replies, whereas my posts barely got any retort initially.

 

But perhaps that's just my attention seeking ego kicking in...

Here's a reply for you, you attention-seeking egomaniac!

 

Welcome to the club, Eddy. Like most others, myself included, you've burned your first post at the stake in a manner which will come back to make you blush in future, should you become a regular DeathLister.

 

Good to have you on board. Get in the chat sometime.

[Tuber Mirum 125]

 

It's Übermenschen.

 

OK?

 

If you don't have an "Ü" on your keyboard, then write "Ue"

 

This ain't Discworld here, you know!

 

PS: Untermensch is a nasty Nazi expression.

Umlaut or not, one of us is missing the point. This still doesn't explain why he thought uberuebermenschen was an insult.

 

PS if we are nit-picking to the point of worrying over missing umlauts, your exclamation mark is superfluous. Even more so when one takes into account the touching use of an expressive Smilie.

The term Übermensch is often confused with the Nazis' Herrenvolk (Master race).

 

Perhaps he's calling us arrogant.

 

Nice bit of counter-pedantry there Mr. Pooka. I stand corected.

[Gunjaman5000 30]

PS: Untermensch is a nasty Nazi expression.

Is there such a thing as a nice Nazi expression?

. Great stuff.

[Godot 149]

I've been out today. I drove past a bad crash, definite fatalities. Nobody took much notice.

 

I'm thinking that the site is a kind of home for members that also keeps its door ajar and welcomes passers by. Supposing this was my home and I had an open door policy. If people came in through that door would they behave as they wished or would they acknowledge their status as guests? If it was me I think I would show respect for the householder even if I didn't like what I saw. I can always leave.

 

But this is the deathlist and people come in and excercise their right, that we uphold, to say what they feel by metaphorically defacating all over the site. Some like Eddy, bless him, tarry a little longer and try to work out what's going on. But most of them make their foul-mouthed protests and leave. It's a kind of mob hysteria like that which tries to hunt down Frankenstein's monster or like that during the Terror after the French Revolution. It's ugly and it worries me because it exposes the dark underbelly of our society. Thousands of years of evolution and we're still not so far removed from our ape-like ancestors.

[Guest darren]

I've been out today. I drove past a bad crash, definite fatalities. Nobody took much notice.

 

I'm thinking that the site is a kind of home for members that also keeps its door ajar and welcomes passers by. Supposing this was my home and I had an open door policy. If people came in through that door would they behave as they wished or would they acknowledge their status as guests? If it was me I think I would show respect for the householder even if I didn't like what I saw. I can always leave.

 

But this is the deathlist and people come in and excercise their right, that we uphold, to say what they feel by metaphorically defacating all over the site. Some like Eddy, bless him, tarry a little longer and try to work out what's going on. But most of them make their foul-mouthed protests and leave. It's a kind of mob hysteria like that which tries to hunt down Frankenstein's monster or like that during the Terror after the French Revolution. It's ugly and it worries me because it exposes the dark underbelly of our society. Thousands of years of evolution and we're still not so far removed from our ape-like ancestors.

yer wot?

[Death Watch Beatle 41]

Which, I suspect, is one of the driving forces behind the survival of this forum: it allows people to be provocative on one of the last taboos.

 

Healing for some, and definitely valid in that sense, nothing but provocative for others.

 

 

But who am I to judge.

 

Have fun.

 

Thanks all for keeping this discussion civil and openminded, I actually enjoyed it a lot more than I had anticipated and would like to apologise for my presumptions on morbidity and intent.

 

Eddy

 

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your posts - good stuff! Even better stuff - I see you have decided to join us. I hope you enjoy the banter.

 

DWB

[themaninblack 2,112]

Which, I suspect, is one of the driving forces behind the survival of this forum: it allows people to be provocative on one of the last taboos.

 

Healing for some, and definitely valid in that sense, nothing but provocative for others.

 

 

But who am I to judge.

 

Have fun.

 

Thanks all for keeping this discussion civil and openminded, I actually enjoyed it a lot more than I had anticipated and would like to apologise for my presumptions on morbidity and intent.

 

Eddy

 

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your posts - good stuff! Even better stuff - I see you have decided to join us. I hope you enjoy the banter.

 

DWB

 

 

Another convert to the cause - welcome!

[Eddy 0]

So, I suppose my next move is finding myself a morbid avatar, right guys? - sN-word

[Tempus Fugit 214]

So, I suppose my next move is finding myself a morbid avatar, right guys? - sN-word

You could use this Belgian Eddy as your avatar.

 

Not morbid, but rather disturbing.

 

[Eddy 0]

Not quite what I had in mind, but the gesture is much appreciated.

 

Anyways, I gotta clock out.

 

 

 

Be good now.

[in eternum+ 22]

Which, I suspect, is one of the driving forces behind the survival of this forum: it allows people to be provocative on one of the last taboos.

 

Healing for some, and definitely valid in that sense, nothing but provocative for others.

 

 

But who am I to judge.

 

Have fun.

 

Thanks all for keeping this discussion civil and openminded, I actually enjoyed it a lot more than I had anticipated and would like to apologise for my presumptions on morbidity and intent.

Hello Eddy, and welcome to our forum!

 

You seem like a friendly and intelligent person, just like (most of) us.

 

Sorry I was unable to respond earlier. My feeling on the matter is that death is, in fact, not a taboo subject. I think the statement "death is taboo" has become a stock phrase that people use without thinking, before launching into talking about this "taboo" subject. Death is all around us, people are seeing it and talking about all different kinds of death (private death, public death, etc.) all the time. I mean, let's face it: how many someone's-dying?-quick!-let's-cathch-it-on-film C4 and C5 documentaries have there been over the past couple of years? Admittedly, there might be aspects of death, dying and bereavement which are still taboo-ish, but I think the phrase is outdated. Death was taboo 20 years ago, and death was taboo when Gorer wrote The Pornography of Death but times have changed.

 

That's what I think, anyway.

 

If it's a morbid Eddy(ie)-related avatar you're after, what about this? It seems pretty deathesque to me...

 

Again, welcome!

[Tempus Fugit 214]

Time for a total guest lockout isn't it?

[maryportfuncity 10,647]

Honestly, did Paul lay down his life......sob, sob.........for this?

[The Pooka 26]

Honestly, did Paul lay down his life......sob, sob.........for this?

I think they use the term 'total clearance'.

[maryportfuncity 10,647]

Aye, right enough.

 

I think GR closed the Paul Hunter thread after the ranters had achieved the 147 break, leaving us no chance to get back in the frame.

[themaninblack 2,112]

Or there's this Belgian Eddy....

 

[The_Mole 0]

I can't believe you allow Manchester United supporters on here AND let them blatantly use the emblem as their avatar.

 

What about all the death and destruction I was expecting

 

 

Love the site - we used to run a Deathpool at work - one year someone got Mother Teresa and someone else made £100 :/

 

It was going Fine until the finance director discovered 2 things....

1) the list existed

2) he was on it..

 

Loving it.!

 

Mole from Near Manchester but a Chelsa fan

[Magere Hein 1,400]

So, I suppose my next move is finding myself a morbid avatar, right guys? - sN-word

Well, it's the custom, but not an obligation. Humourous avatars are also appreciated.

 

Welcome to the monkey house that is DeathList, Eddy. I appreciate your posts.

 

Oh, while you're here: pay no attention to the howler monkeys in the far left corner. They're noisy and throw their sh*t around every now and again, but they do no harm.

 

regards,

Hein

[Saint Peter 14]

Hi Eddy

 

When I saw your screen name I thought off

 

 

Maybe a better Avatar

 

Wrong spelling, but who cares.

 

see y'll at the Gate

 

SP